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Pair: Ordinary Seaman R. G. Stone, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
British War and Victory Medals (B.Z. 2109 R. G. Stone. Ord. R.N.V.R.) edge bruise, good very fine
Pair: Private E. W. D. Foote, King’s Royal Rifle Corps
British War and Victory Medals (A-201477 Pte. E. W. D. Foote. K.R.R.C.) very fine
Pair: Private R. J. Popkin, King’s Royal Rifle Corps
British War and Victory Medals (R-22582 Pte. R. J. Popkin. K.R.R.C.) edge bruising, very fine
Pair: Worker Annie V. Scholey, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps
British War and Victory Medals (19387 Wkr. A. V. Scholey. Q.M.A.A.C.) traces of verdigris to VM, nearly very fine (8) £80-£120
Ernest Walter Douglas Foote was born in Hackney, London, on 24 April 1899, and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 20 February 1917. He served during the Great War with the 9th Battalion on the Western Front from 23 May 1917, and was wounded in action on 18 August 1917. Invalided to England with trench feet on 27 October of that year, he transferred to the 5th Battalion on 15 June 1918, and was discharged on 31 March 1920, after 3 years and 40 days’ service. He died in the City of London in 1983.
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